Place:


Ashey  Hampshire

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ashey like this:

ASHEY, an extensive ancient manor in the Isle of Wight; extending from the coast around Ryde southward to the hills which overhang the Main river. It belonged to the abbess of Wherwell, near Andover; was demised, in 1538, to Giles Worsley; and the northern part of it, on which Ryde stands, was sold to Anthony Dillington, and passed afterwards to the family of Player. ...


Ashey Common, 2 miles S of Ryde, is now enclosed. Ashey Farm, a little further S, was the site of a cell of the nunnery of Wherwell. Ashey Down, still further S, rises 424 feet above the level of the sea, and commands a splendid view from Southampton to Chichester. Ashey Sea-mark, on the summit of the down, is a triangular pyramid, erected in 1735 by the Trinity Board; and guides the navigation into St. Helen's Road at Spithead. The Ryde waterworks, constructed in 1855, are at the foot of the down.

Ashey through time

Ashey is now part of the Isle of Wight district. Click here for graphs and data of how the Isle of Wight has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Ashey itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ashey, in The the Isle of Wight and Hampshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5496

Date accessed: 28th March 2024


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